From Siam to New York: Jacques May and the ‘foundation’ of medical geography
Brown, Tim and Moon, Graham (2004) From Siam to New York: Jacques May and the ‘foundation’ of medical geography. Journal of Historical Geography, 30, (4), 747-763. (doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2003.08.018).
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Description/Abstract
The history of medical geography is marked by a search for ancestors. The story usually begins in the writing of
Hippocrates before re-emerging in the works of 18th and 19th century practitioners. In recent years, historical
geographers have called for the destabilising of such assertions of lineage and descent. This paper offers a
reconsideration of the history of medical geography through an exploration of the often hidden connections and
intersections that have helped to frame the future trajectory of the sub-discipline. More specifically, we focus on
the important contribution made by Dr Jacques Meyer May and offer a complex and multi-layered account that
examines the close interweaving of his work as a colonial surgeon and specialist in tropical medicine and his role
as a medical geographer in the United States.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0305-7488 (print) |
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| Keywords: | medical geography, history, imperial medicine, colonial discourse |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Geography > Economy, Culture, Space |
| Item ID: | 55398 |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2013 01:03 |
| Contributors: | Brown, Tim (Author) Moon, Graham (Author) |
| Date: | October 2004 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | G.Moon@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55398 |
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